February 2, 2009
Felicitations for Felix
Tomorrow is Felix Mendelssohn's 200th birthday, but his music is as fresh as ever. Today, we'll begin a two-day PT celebration marking the event. You'll hear performances of some of his greatest works. And today, host Fred Child chats with author and musical commentator Rob Kapilow about what makes the Mendelssohn octet so great.
Today's Playlist
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Felix Mendelssohn
Canzonetta from String Quartet No. 1
Guitarist Andres Segovia
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Felix Mendelssohn
Presto from Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
Pianist Ronald Brautigam with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Jaap van Zweden
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Felix Mendelssohn
Presto from Octet in E-flat, Op. 20
Musicians from Marlboro
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Violinist Renaud Capucon with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and conductor Paul McCreesh
Concert Hall, Stavanger, Norway
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Frederic Chopin
Nocturne in A-flat, Op. 32, No. 2
Pianist Maurizio Pollini
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Franz Liszt and Felix Mendelssohn
Variations on the "Wedding March"
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Fragments in A-flat, Op. Post.
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Sir Edward Elgar
"La Capricieuse"
Violinist Nai-Yuan Hu and pianist Alain Jacquon
Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
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Henryk Wieniawski
Capriccio-Valse
Violinist Nai-Yuan Hu and pianist Alain Jacquon
Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19
Pianist Maurizio Pollini with the Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Claudio Abbado
The Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany